🌿 Conditions · Inflammation

Cannabinoids and inflammation

Inflammatory signalling is the most heavily represented non-oncology theme in this library. The studies below span immune-cell mechanisms and clinical context.

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Reading this collection

Inflammation is a mechanism rather than a diagnosis, so the research collected here cuts across several presentations — joint pain, bowel inflammation, and systemic inflammatory markers among them. That breadth is worth keeping in mind when reading any single study: an endpoint measured in innate immune cells is not the same claim as an endpoint measured in patients.

The records below are grouped by their reported indication, not by strength of conclusion. Evidence tier is shown against each so the distinction between a mechanistic source and a human clinical endpoint stays visible.

The evidence in this library

10 source-linked studies — 9 scientific source · 1 human clinical evidence. Each links to its source; identifiers are shown where the record carries them.

  1. Cannabidiol acts as molecular switch in innate immune cells to promote inflammation-resolving lipid mediators

    2023 · PubMed / PMC · CBD

    Human clinical evidence

    PMID 37647900 · PMCID PMC12233155 · DOI 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.08.001

  2. Medical Cannabis Activity Against Inflammation: Active Compounds and Mechanisms

    2022 · PMC / NCBI · CBD, THC, Full Spectrum

    Scientific source

    PMID 35614947 · PMCID PMC9124761

  3. Antioxidative and Anti-inflammatory Properties of Cannabidiol

    2020 · PMC / NCBI · CBD

    Scientific source

    PMID 31881765 · PMCID PMC7023045 · DOI 10.3390/antiox9010021

  4. Beta-Caryophyllene CB2 agonist for inflammation

    NCBI

    Scientific source

    PMID 18574142

  5. Formulation evidence: Cannoflam — MCT Oil (Carrier)

    PubMed · Caprylic acid (C8), Capric acid (C10)

    Scientific source

    PMID 29580532

  6. THCA shows potent anti-inflammatory effects

    NCBI

    Scientific source

    PMID 24097268

  7. CBD research source — pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    PMC / NCBI · CBD

    Scientific source

    PMID 32231748 · PMCID PMC7092763

  8. CBD research source — pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    PMC / NCBI · CBD

    Scientific source

    PMID 30374683 · PMCID PMC6223703

  9. CBD research source — pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    PMC / NCBI · CBD

    Scientific source

    PMID 32159404 · PMCID PMC8262682

  10. CBDA more potent than CBD: COX-2 inhibition

    NCBI

    Scientific source

    PMID 23298862

How to read this evidence

These are the boundaries recorded against the studies above, reproduced as written in the library: